Mongol Invasion: Devastating Attack on Vladimir (+ 8 more historical events on this day!)

A Daily Dose of History (08 Feb 2024) Today's historical events:

• The Mongols burn the Russian city of Vladimir.
• Seventh Crusade: Crusaders engage Ayyubid forces in the Battle of Al Mansurah.
• The Byzantine civil war of 1341-47 ends with a power-sharing agreement between John VI Kantakouzenos and John V Palaiologos.
• Leiden University is founded, and given the motto Praesidium Libertatis.
• Mary, Queen of Scots, is executed on suspicion of having been involved in the Babington Plot to murder her cousin, Queen Elizabeth I.
• Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex, rebels against Queen Elizabeth I and the revolt is quickly crushed.
• The College of William & Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia, America, is granted a charter by King William III and Queen Mary II.
• After two days of bitter fighting, the Russians under Bennigsen and the Prussians under L'Estocq concede the Battle of Eylau to Napoleon.
• Las Heras completes his crossing of the Andes with an army to join San Martín and liberate Chile from Spain.

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